The chief executive of Catania was cited for instigating violence Tuesday for allegedly inflammatory comments in a tit-for-tat spat with Inter Milan coach Jose' Mourinho.
Italian soccer prosecutors reported Catania CEO Pietro Lo Monaco to the Italian Soccer Federation's disciplinary panel for saying ex-Chelsea boss Mourinho deserved to ''have his teeth smashed''.
The citation followed a call for action from Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, who is leading Italy's latest crackdown on soccer violence.
Lo Monaco made his remarks after Mourinho said Inter deserved a 5-1 victory on Saturday instead of their 2-1 win, achieved with two own goals.
The Catania exec quickly apologised, saying the teeth-smashing remark was a Sicilian phrase which only meant people should be rapped when they spoke too freely.
He made it clear it was not meant literally.
Mourinho, who was known for feuds with Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson and others during his time at Chelsea, quipped back that he had heard of the Monaco Grand Prix but not Lo Monaco, who he said ''ought to pay for using my name''.
In reply, Lo Monaco issued a long statement Tuesday accusing Mourinho of being the ''biggest bigmouth'' in European soccer.
He accused Mourinho of an ''insufferable air of superiority and disgusting contempt'' for small clubs like Catania.
Maroni, the interior minister, has launched a hooligan crackdown after Naples fans marred the first day of the season with a train rampage.
Earlier on Tuesday he said he could not intervene directly but urged ''immediate'' measures against Lo Monaco for his statements, which Maroni called ''amazing''.
Mourinho has been unusally subdued as he has felt his way with the Italian media since arriving at Inter in June, but recently showed signs of his old self in a lively exchange with Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri, his predecessor at Chelsea.
